Meng Zitao observed carefully and found that judging from the style of the characters on the scroll, it was in line with Chen Hongshou's brushwork, but compared with his late period, it was still slightly immature. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

But on the one hand, this painting has not fallen behind in time, and the appraisal of calligraphy and painting pays attention to the heritage, and Meng Zitao still lacks some in this regard, so just from the point of view of using the brush, with his eyesight, it is undoubtedly not easy for him to immediately determine whether it is Chen Hongshou's authentic handiwork.

However, Mencius's research on calligraphy is different, so he can see at a glance that the inscription of this painting, although it is quite profound, is a little worse than Chen Hongshou's authentic handwriting, so he believes that this painting must be an imitation painting, but from the perspective of paper and other aspects, it should be an old imitation.

"Xiao Meng, what do you think of this painting?" asked Cai Lao.

Meng Zitao said: "This painting is very good, but I think it is still a little worse than the real thing. ”

When the treasure bearer heard the previous paragraph, he was still full of joy, but the latter paragraph made his face immediately darken.

"This expert, you can see clearly, this is Mr. Zhuo Yingzhuo's personal appraisal, and issued an appraisal certificate, his old man will never talk nonsense!"

The expert that the treasure holder said, Meng Zitao has no impression at all, and he should not be an expert who is as well-known throughout the country as Cai Lao, but since this matter involves his peers, Meng Zitao still looked at Cai Lao and listened to what he had to say for the sake of insurance.

Cai Lao asked, "Since you have already appraised it, why did you bring it to us?"

The treasure bearer was not embarrassed, and said directly: "I'm here for the title of 'Xijing Folk National Treasure', it's no problem to call it, right?"

The shortlisted works of this appraisal meeting, five treasures will be selected in the end, and they will be crowned with the title of "Xijing Folk National Treasure", naturally, with this title, it will definitely add a lot of value, and it is also a temptation for the treasure holder.

Cai Lao said: "Of course there is no problem, but since you have come to us, why do you mention him? Could it be that you think that we have no reason to give you the result?"

The treasure bearer was a little screaming, and he spoke, "Then the reason, you can't tell me, right?"

"If you hadn't interjected, Teacher Meng would have said it a long time ago. Cai Lao said to Meng Zitao: "Xiao Meng, you can tell me your opinion first." ”

Meng Zitao smiled slightly and explained: "Let's start with the inscription, after all, I still have some say in calligraphy." Although Chen Hongshou is not famous for his calligraphy, his achievements in the art of calligraphy are quite amazing. Chen Hongshou's writing strictly follows the method of using the pen in the center, and he is well versed in the mystery of holding the pen with the palm and wrist flat. Although there was a slight flank in the meantime, he was able to adjust the pen immediately. With such a superb ability to control the pen, there is no doubt that it can only be done by holding the pen with the palm and wrist flat. ”

"Again, calligraphy requires 'back to Tibet', 'press', 'frustration', 'hanging', 'echoing' and other brushwork essentials, in the process of his pen, there seems to be no defect, but he did no trace, which is also the concrete embodiment of the great picture is not carved, the letter is not beautiful, and the cultivation to the realm of perfection. ”

Speaking of this, Meng Zitao used his mobile phone to find a calligraphy work by Chen Hongshou on the Internet, and then explained: "From his calligraphy, we can feel that Chen Hongshou's state of mind is happy, quiet, relaxed and joyful, and the writing process seems to be the sweetest and most enjoyable enjoyment for him." ”

Therefore, it can be said that Chen Hongshou has found the best way to carry out the penmanship, and this way is the 'true meaning' of calligraphy and brushwork. So, let's look at the inscription in your work, and we can see that some of them do not conform to the characteristics of Chen Hongshou's brushwork......"

Meng Zitao talked eloquently, combined with the authentic handwriting, commented on the question of the inscription of the lady's painting in front of him, and finally asked: "This gentleman, I don't know what other problems you have in this regard?"

Meng Zitao's explanation was very easy to understand, and the treasure holder couldn't find a reason to refute it at all, so he was silent for a while.

Meng Zitao continued: "However, the style of this character is somewhat similar to Mr. Xie Zhiliu's style, maybe he wrote it. ”

The treasure bearer was stunned: "You mean to say that this painting is an imitation of Xie Lao?"

"It's not at all. Meng Zitao smiled and shook his head: "Next, please ask Cai Lao to explain to you." ”

Next, Cai Lao explained this painting in detail from the aspects of painting style and brush: "...... In these respects, the painting part of this painting is not imitated by Mr. Xie Zhiliu, and I think it may be Zhang Daqian's work. ”

The treasure bearer was a little excited: "You mean to say that this painting is the work of Zhang Daqian and Xie Zhiliu?"

Some people may feel that there are some doubts, Zhang Daqian is a master of antiques, which is undoubted, but is it possible to imitate Chen Hongshou's works with Xie Zhiliu?

In fact, there is a record of the cooperation between the two in imitation painting, and the famous painter Mr. Ye Qianyu was at a friend in Jinling back then, and he had personally experienced Zhang Daqian's imitation of Chen Hongshou. In this section, Bao Limin wrote the book "Talking about Ye Qianyu", and listed a special chapter on "Ye Qianyu and Zhang Daqian".

This plot is written like this: In 1936, Mr. Ye Qianyu held an art exhibition in Jinling, "During the exhibition, Ye Qianyu went to Zhang Muhan's house to look for Daqian, and when he walked into the study, he saw Zhang Daqian and Xie Zhiliu were getting together to make a fake painting of Chen Laolian. There is an album on the painting case, Xie Zhiliu imitates Chen Laolian's characters, and Zhang Daqian imitates Chen Laolian's paintings. At that time, Zhang Daqian and Ye Qianyu were already familiar with each other, so they didn't shy away from him. Ye Qianyu has long heard that Zhang Daqian is a master of fake paintings, hearing is false, seeing is believing, so he is deeply impressed. ”

Xie Zhiliu studied with Chen Hongshou all his life, and he was also loved by Zhang Daqian. Gao Yang wrote in "Meiqiu's Dream of Life and Death": "Zhang Daqian looks at Xie Zhiliu differently. Xie Zhiliu loved Chen Laolian's characters, so Zhang Daqian took the twelve albums of Chen Laolian in his collection and handed them to Xie Zhiliu to copy, and he never wanted to come back after that. That is, at this end, the rest can be generalized. ”

Moreover, Xie Zhiliu's imitation of Chen Hongshou's calligraphy is also quite skillful. Zhu Xingzhai, a connoisseur of calligraphy and painting, was very appreciative.

But unfortunately, there is no key evidence of Zhang Daqian and Xie Zhiliu's cooperation in this painting, so only Meng Zitao, who has special abilities, gave an affirmative answer in his heart.

Cai Lao shook his head and said, "Due to the lack of key evidence, this is just our speculation and cannot be confirmed. But this painting is indeed a rare work, for sure. ”

When the treasure bearer heard this, his disappointment was overflowing, if it could be confirmed that this painting was the work of Zhang Daqian and Xie Zhiliu, then they would be able to recover most of the losses, but they couldn't be sure, it was empty joy.

Immediately, the treasure bearer said with a smile on his face: "Old Cai, can you think of another way to prove this?"

Cai Lao shook his head: "Unless you can find conclusive evidence that these two have indeed collaborated on this painting, it is really difficult to be sure." ”

The treasure-bearer's face immediately changed, and he chased after him: "Old Cai, do you want to watch me go bankrupt?"

Cai Lao and Meng Zitao shook their heads and smiled bitterly, this is to the point of bankruptcy? And this painting has the annotations of the two of them, even if it can't be confirmed that it was indeed made by Zhang Daqian and Xie Zhiliu, the value will not be too low, right?

"This gentleman, you are serious, in addition, we will identify and say the same, otherwise, will everyone present still believe us?" After that, Cai Lao just shut up and didn't want to say anything more.

The treasure bearer was immediately furious, pointed at Cai Lao and scolded: "What a ruthless heart! Bullshit experts, a group of wine bags and rice bags, their eyesight is incredible, and they are not even as good as the vendors who set up stalls! You are simply selling dog meat on the head of a sheep......

Everyone didn't expect that this person would actually speak ill of each other, and what he said was very vicious, and finally even greeted the expert's family, which made Cai Lao angry.

There is a security guard next to the expert seat, so there is no need for Meng Zitao to do it, the security guard pulled out the treasure holder, this person is also a bully and afraid of the hard, after the security guards surrounded him, he didn't dare to speak foul words anymore, and was honestly dragged out of the venue.

Although Cai Lao has a good temper, it is the first time that he has been scolded like this, and it is also a great anger, and everyone has been taken away by the security guards, and he is still muttering: "How can this be true, what a reason!"

Meng Zitao hurriedly persuaded: "Old Cai, dissipate your anger, there are so many people who will inevitably encounter low-quality people, just don't be like them." ”

The experts next to him also persuaded Cai Lao a few words.

"It's okay, it's just the first time I've encountered such a bad person, and I'm a little angry. Cai Lao smiled embarrassedly, and then said: "As the old saying goes, like gathers like things, and only this kind of person will ask Zhuo Ying for identification." ”

"Who is Zhuo Ying?" asked Meng Zitao with some curiosity.

"I'll tell you more. Cai Lao said.

In the evening, Meng Zitao learned from Cai Lao that Zhuo Ying was an expert in calligraphy and painting appraisal, and he was also a writer with best-selling books under his name, and he was quite famous in the Xijing generation.

However, Zhuo Ying's character is problematic, as long as the treasure holder is willing to pay the price, he can identify the imitation as genuine, but he is not stupid, the imitation is not good, he will not do this, in addition, his identification fee is according to the percentage of the genuine product.

Just like the painting just now, the appraisal fee starts at least 50,000 yuan, which is not unscrupulous.

To get back to the point, with the completion of the appraisal of the last of the ten calligraphy works, the people around them applauded Mencius warmly, and based on these results just now, they would definitely no longer have any doubts about Mencius's appraisal level.

Next, nothing unpleasant happened, but near the end of today's treasure appreciation activity, an old lady followed the leader of the person in charge to the front row and explained the situation.

It turned out that the old lady's family was unfortunate, she lost her husband at an early age, and finally pulled her son up, and got married and had children, but she didn't expect that during this time, there were one after another misfortunes, first the son was found to have uremia, and then, the grandson had a car accident, and the perpetrator escaped.

Originally, the family was not well-off, but now they can't make up the medical bills at all, and the family is in a desperate situation.

Today, the eldest lady was in the hospital, and when she heard that there was a treasure appreciation conference, she remembered that there was still a piece of porcelain handed down by the older generation at home, and reported the idea of a dead horse as a live horse doctor, so she hurried home to get it.

But because she knew that it was too late for the treasure appraisal meeting, when she arrived at the stadium, today's schedule was about to end, she was in a hurry, so she wiped her tears, and happened to be seen by the person in charge, and after learning about the situation, he took her to the stadium and wanted to give her an appraisal first.

After learning about the situation of the eldest lady, everyone had no opinion on her cutting in line, and the eldest lady was also in front of Zhang Lao, carefully took out the ancestral porcelain and put it on the table.

This is a hat bowl, open, oblique straight wall, to the bottom of the straight straight down to the foot. The hoop foot is high and the foot wall is shallow. The whole body is glazed, the inner and outer walls of the circle foot and the outer wall of the bottom are full of glaze, and the glaze color is lake blue, slightly green. The glaze is smooth and smooth, the glaze is bright and thick, the surface can be seen to open the piece, and the open line is black, which is called the iron line.

When Zhang Lao saw this porcelain, he immediately sighed lightly, hurriedly took it in his hand and looked at it, and asked, "Eldest sister, do you know anything about this porcelain?"

The eldest lady said: "My husband told me before his death that this seems to be something that was used by the official family hundreds of years ago, and I don't know what the specific situation is. ”

Zhang Lao nodded and said: "Your porcelain, in fact, is a variety of imitation of the official kiln, the official kiln porcelain may not have heard of it, so for example, its status in the porcelain, is equivalent to the luxury car in the car, since the advent of the very precious, there are many imitations in the past dynasties." ”

"Imitations can be divided into four situations: one is the imitation of Longquan kiln in the Song Dynasty, the second is the imitation of the official kiln of the Ming and Qing dynasties, the third is the imitation of the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, and the fourth is the new imitation of modern times. The porcelain imitated by the Longquan kiln in the Song Dynasty was fired with cushion cakes or rings, and there were no nail marks. In addition, none of the imitations of Longquan kiln are full of glaze. ”

"The imitation of the official kilns of the Ming Dynasty was imitated by the porcelain imperial kiln factory. The glaze layer of these imitations is thicker, and the glaze surface is open and small, mostly pink and gray blue. The glaze color of the imitation official kiln products in the Qing Yongzheng period is mostly bean green, gray blue and moon white, a few unpatterned pieces, mostly large open pieces, and the glaze has two kinds of transparent and opaque. It is easy to confuse the leakage with the official kiln of the Song Dynasty, and in its delicate products, the nail marks are black, similar to the small sesame nails of the Ru kiln. As for the modern imitation, let's not talk about it. ”

"Your porcelain is dark brown in the unglazed place, which is the sauce-colored glaze that Longquan kiln imitates the official kiln product in order to achieve the effect of its purple iron foot and deliberately applied to the exposed place of the ring foot before it is fired in the kiln. This is also one of the characteristics that distinguish the official kiln from the imitation official kiln products of Longquan kiln. But it's a pity that ......"

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